Contributes to LEED® Credits

Source & Manufacturing

The raw material is culled by hand every nine years form the bark of the Cork Oak tree, which regenerates quickly.

Cork Oak trees are protected by law in Portugal rom over-harvesting. Cork off-cuts from various manufacturing products are ground up, and that grain is compressed into slabs

Cork is composed of cellulose, lignin and — most of all — a waxy, waterproof substance called suberin. Whereas wood gets its defining properties (including a propensity to burn) from a high cellulose content, it is largely suberin that characterizes cork.

Lab Test Results

Slab density = 31 lbs / sq.ft.

Heat resistant to 350 degrees

Does not off-gas urea formaldehyde

Class B fire rating

Does not support bacterial growth (specifically no fungal growth observed after 28 days of exposure to several types)

Prolonged light exposure has a “moderate effect” that “does not notably alter the original condition of the specimen”

Good resistance to abrasion (no weight loss of samples due after a 200-cycle wear-resistance test)